Fixture for washstands, bath-tubs, or the like.



2 Sheets-Sheet I.

No. 704,4I9. Patented Iuly 8, |902.

A. P. WINDULPH. FIXTURE FQR WASHSTANDS, BATH TUBS, DR THE LIKE.

' (Appxicazion med Jan. 21, 1902.) (No Hodei.)

Patented July 8, |902.

A. P. WINDLPH.

FIXTURE VFOR WASHSTANDS, BATH TUBS, 0R THE LIKE.

(Application mea Jan. 21, 1902.)

2 heets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNTTED f STATES PATENT OFT-fion.

AUGUST PAUL WINDOLPIL OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

FIXTURE FOR WASHSTANDS, BATHTU`BS,OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,419, dated July 8, 1902.

Application filed January 21, 1902. Serial No. 90,645. (No model.)

To all whom, zit may concern,.-

Beit known that I, AUGUST PAUL WIN- DOLPH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State ot New York, have invented a new and-Improved Fixture for Vashstands, Bath-Tubs, orthe Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved fixture for use on washstands, bath-tubs, and the like and designed for controlling the iiow of cold or hot water or a graduated mixture of the same and-also and part of the plug.

for controlling the waste and the overiiow of the washstand, bath-tub, or the like.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

Figure l is a transverse section of the im? provement as applied to a washbasin. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same with parts shown in section'and theviixture in position for discharging the waste water from the washbasin. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the same, showing the valve-plug in positionfor drawing hot and cold water. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the same with the valve-plug in position for drawing cold water, andFig. Sis a sectional front elevation of the valve-body The improvement, as shown in the drawings, is provided with a valve-body A, secured to the top or support B, carrying the washbowl C, and on the said valve-body Ais formed or secured the discharge-spout D for delivering hot or cold water or a graduated mixture of hot and cold water into the bowl C. The inner end of the spout D is adapted to register with the upper ends of the grooves a and l1, formed lengthwise and slightly spirally on the peripheral face of a valve-plug E, mounted to turn in the valve-body A and provided at its upper end with a head E', resting on top of the valve-body A, as plainly shown in Figs. l and 3.

From the head E extends a handle E2, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to permit the latter to turn the handle to any one of thepositions indicated in Fig. 2, for the purpose hereiuafter'more fully described. The turning movement ot the handle E2, head E, and plug E is limited by stop-pins A', eX- tending from the top ofthe valve-body A into segmental slots E3, formed in the head E', as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The upper ends of the grooves a and l) are separated by a narrow partition E4, (see Figs. 6, 7, and 8,) while the lower ends of the said grooves are located diametrically opposite each other (seeFig. 3) to connect with the supply-pipes F and G, secured to the valvebody A, and of which the pipe F connects with the hot-water supply and the pipe G with the cold-water supply. Now when the valve-plug E is in the position shownin Figs. l, 2, and 6 then the lower ends of the grooves a and b connect with both supply-pipes F and G, and the upper ends of the said grooves connect with the discharge-spout D, so that a mixture of hot and cold water fiows through the spout D into the bowl C.

Now when the operator turns the handle E2 to the left, to the first position, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,)'then the upper end of the groove a is disengaged from the spout D, while the groove h is connected with the said spout and is still in register at its lower end with the supply-pipe G, so that cold water only now flows through the groove l) into the spout D and to the bowl C. When the handle D2 is turned from its central position (shown in Fig. 2) to the right, to the tirst position, (indicated in dotted lines,) then the upper end of the groove l) is'cut o from the spout-D, while the upper end of the groove a is still in register with the pipe F, so that only hot water now flows by way ofthe groove a. and spout D intoV the bowl C. When the handle is turned into the second positions, either to the right orto the left, then both grooves a and b are disconnected at the top IOO from the spout D and at the lower ends from the pipesv F and G. Thus from the foregoing it will be seen that by the operator manipulating the handle E2 a iiow of hot water or a flow of cold water or a graduated mixtureof both may be had for the bowl C, or the watersupply can be entirely cut E, as described.

The valve plug E is made hollow, and through it extends the hollow stem H' of a valve H, adapted to be seated on a seat I' in l the upper end of -a waste or soil pipe I, connected above the valve-seat I' by a branch pipe J with the bottom of the bowl C, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The upper end of this hollow valve-stem H' is provided with a head H2, normally resting on the top of the head E', previously referred to, and when it is desired to discharge the waste water from the bowl C then the operator simply lifts the head H2 to move the valve H upward oi its seat I', thus allowing the water from the bowl C to run by the pipe J and soil-pipe I to the sewer or other place of discharge.

The valve H may be lifted 0E its seat by the operator moving the handle E2 into final side positions, either to the right or left, and for this purpose the top of the head E' is provided with inclined lugs E, adapted to engage projections H3, integral with the head H2, the said inclined lugs engaging the projections at the time the handle E2 is moved into a final position to the right or left, so that the head H2 is lifted, and with it the stem l-l' and the valve H. From the branch pipe J .rises a branch pipe J', concentric to the hollow valve-stem H', so as to form a space between the latter and the pipe J', and the upper end of this pipe J is preferably connected by a coupling J2 with the lo'wer end of the valve-body A. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 4.)

In the hollow stem H' are arranged openings H", leading to the pipe J', and the said openings H4 are arranged in the plane of the overflow-level of the bowl C, so that when water accumulates in the said bowl and rises above the overflow-level then the water from the bowl rises in the pipe J' correspondingly and finally flows through the apertures H4 into the stem H' and through the hollow valve H into the soil-pipe I.4 Thus vthe water cannot rise above a predetermined level in the bowl C. Y

From the foregoingit will be seen that the ordinary'overflow-openings in the bowl C are completely dispensed with and use is made of the brauch waste-pipe to dispose of any overflow to prevent flooding of the room in which the bowl C is located.

ter supply and a cold-water supply, an elongated valve-plug mounted to turn inthe said Valve-bod y, and having separate longitudinaly grooves in its peripheral face winding partially around the valve-plug, one for connection at the lower end with the hot-water s upply and the other for connection at the lower end with the cold-water supply, the grooves being diametrically opposite each other at their lower ends and on the same side of the plug at their upper ends and adapted to register singly or simultaneously at their upper ends with the said discharge-spout, as set forth.

2. A fixture for washstands, bath-tubs and the like, comprising a valve-body having a discharge-spout and connected with a hot-water supply and a cold-water supply, an elongated valve-plug mounted to turn in the said valve-body and having separate longitudinal grooves in its peripheral face winding partially around the valve-plug, one for connection at the lower end with the hot-water supply and the other for connection at the lower end with the cold-water supply, the grooves being diametrically opposite each other at their lower ends and on the same side of the plug at their upper ends and adapted to register singly or simultaneously at their upper ends with the said discharge-spout, and a vertically-sliding valve for controlling the discharge of the waste water, the said valve havingits valve-stem extending through the said valve-plug, as set forth.

3. A fixture for washstands, bath-tubs or the like, comprising a valve-body having a discharge-spout and connected with a hot-water supply and a cold-water supply, a valveplug mounted to turn in the said valve-body, having separate grooves in its peripheral face, one for connection at one end with the hot-water supply andthe other for connection at one end with the cold-water supply, the grooves being adapted to register singly or simultaneously at their other ends with the said dischargespout, a valve for controlling the discharge of the waste water, the said valve having its valve-stem extending through the said valveplug,and means for controlling the said valve-stem from the said valve-plug to lift the valve off its seat, as set forth.

4. A fixture for washstands', bath-tubs and the like, comprising a valve-body having a discharge-spout and connections for a hot-water supply and a cold-water supply, and having a hollow stem extending downwardly, a valve-plug mounted to turn in the said valvebody, having separate grooves in its peripheral face, one for connection at one end with the hot-water supply and the other for connection at one end with the cold-water supply, the grooves being adapted to register singly or simultaneously at their other ends with the said discharge-spout, a waste-pipe for the washstand, bath-tub or the like connected to the hollow stem at the lower end of the inlet-valve body at a point external to the basin or tub, a valve adapted to be seated in IOO IIO

the waste-pipe, and having a hollow stem exname to this specification in the presence of tending through a bore in the hollow stem of two subscribing Witnesses. the inlet-valve body and having overflowopenings discharging into the latter to allow AUGUST PAUL WINDOLPH' 5 the overliow of the bowl to discharge through Witnesses:

the hollow stem and its valve, as set forth. HUGO H. RITTERBUSCH,

In testimony whereof I have signed my LEON LEWIN. 

